418. Alberico Evani

Alberico Evani - 262.13 Performance Pts

Born: 01/01/1963    Massa, Italy                

Position: Midfielder     Height: 1.74m    Weight: 63kg

Evani started his club career with Milan, debuting in 1981, and spent the bulk of his career there. It didn't start that well - Milan suffered relegation in 1982. However, this eventually became a period of great success domestically (Evani won 3 Serie A titles during this time) and on the European stage, winning successive European Cups, in 1989 and 1990. Evani was on the bench in 1989, so had a decent view as Gullit and Van Basten ran the show against Steaua Bucharest and was on the pitch for the victory against Benfica the following year. He joined Sampdoria in 1993, spending 4 seasons there before finishing his career in the lower divisions. Evani appeared 15 times for the Azzurri; his most notable contribution was at the 1994 World Cup. He came on as a substitute in extra-time in the final against Brazil, and converted his spot-kick in the shoot-out, but Brazil ultimately triumphed. Since retirement he's been involved with coaching various national Italian age-group sides, most recently the Under-21s and has also more recently been the assistant manager to the full Italian side.